Dear Alexander Stubb, On behalf of the Boston Global Forum, we extend our heartfelt congratulations to you on your election as the President of Finland. This momentous occasion is a testament to your exemplary leadership, dedication, and vision for the betterment of...
OpenAI shows off lifelike videos generated by Sora, its new AI tool
The New OpenAI Technology can create realistic videos from just a line of text: Sora can render richly detailed videos based on written prompts. However, the tool further raises concerns about deepfakes as AI continues to show up in elections around the world. The new...
Manifesto: “Tech for Peace in the Global Enlightenment Age”
Following the High Level Discussion “Technology for Peace in the Global Enlightenment Age” with keynote speaker Under-Secretary-General, Tech Envoy of United Nations Amandeep Gill on UN International Day of Peace September 21, Boston Global Forum is creating Manifesto...
Biden Administration Clamps Down on China’s Access to Chip Technology
The Biden administration on Friday Oct 7, announced sweeping new limits on the sale of semiconductor technology to China, a step aimed at crippling Beijing’s access to critical technologies that are needed for everything from supercomputing to guiding weapons. The...
Professor Alex Pentland’s highlights at “Peace for the Global Enlightenment Age”
“And a lot of the focus that we have is in taking the two centuries old idea of census data and augmenting it to have richer census data. So, the census data is something that it’s hard to appreciate, but any sort of modern management of society, government services...
BGF, MIT Connection Science, and professor Alex Pentland to co-organize high level discussion of the United Nations Centennial Initiative at Stanford University
The Boston Global Forum (BGF), MIT Connection Science, and professor Alex Pentland will co-organize the high-level discussion “Teach for Peace,” as a part of the United Nations Centennial Initiative at Stanford University in November 2022. Professor Alex Sandy...
How to solve AI’s “common sense” problem
"In their new book Machines Like Us, computer scientists Ronald J. Brachman and Hector J. Levesque discuss their view and potential solution to this missing piece of the AI puzzle, which has eluded researchers for decades. In an interview with TechTalks, Brachman...
Official launching of the website Shinzo Abe Initiative for Peace and Security at Abe.AIWS.City
On September 26, 2022, one day before national funeral of former Prime Minister Shinzo Abe, Boston Global Forum officially launches the website Shinzo Abe Initiative for Peace and Security at Abe.AIWS.city. We invite people to pray for Shinzo Abe by sending words,...